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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: September 2014
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. Sunday, September 28, 2014. A few questions to ask yourself. (73). 1) What percent of your students are going beyond just compliance and are actually cognitively engaged in deep self-driven and relevant learning? 2) How often are students in your class offered the opportunity to move around and get 'the blood' flowing with some type of physical activity? 9) If a group of teachers from another s...
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: Sit still and be quiet... (98)
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Sit still and be quiet. (98). The cemetery method. everyone in rows being quiet and compliant:. Edutopia posted a blog post titled: 30 techniques to quiet a noisy class. The question is. what's wrong with a noisy class? Let's consider the question of 'should we be trying to keep our students quiet? What do we know about how learning occurs? Does this change anything?
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: February 2015
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. Sunday, February 22, 2015. There's no such thing as 'just' a teacher. (90). You all know that child who doesn't have someone advocating for them. As a teacher, you are in a position to advocate for and fight for what is best for that child. Wow what an awesome responsibility. In what other profession can you literally witness the growth and development of a child on a daily basis? On a serious ...
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: Educator Books
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. 101 Books Every Educator Should Read. 14 Books Educators Should Read. Top 12 Summer Must-Read Books for Educators. Recommended Books for Educators by Dwight Carter. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Attend the Four Rivers Learning Symposium: July 28 - July 31. Union PD Blog Followers. How will you choose to end the school year? How we ask questions is important too (99). Great Blogs to Follow:.
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: May 2015
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. Sunday, May 10, 2015. How will you choose to end the school year? The weather is getting warmer. There is more and more to do outside. The always exciting standardized testing is either over or coming to a close soon. You're tired and your patience is wearing thin. Summer is getting close. At this juncture you have to make a choice about how you wish to end the year. We all have a choice to make.
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: January 2015
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. Sunday, January 25, 2015. What if we always kept things in perspective and tried to see things from the opposite vantage point? What if we all committed to this? What if we all got comfortable with being uncomfortable and 'let go' more often? What if this is how we responded to any naysayers in regard to our shifting grading practices? Monday, January 19, 2015. Sunday, January 11, 2015. Most st...
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: April 2015
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Sit still and be quiet. (98). The cemetery method. everyone in rows being quiet and compliant:. Edutopia posted a blog post titled: 30 techniques to quiet a noisy class. The question is. what's wrong with a noisy class? Let's consider the question of 'should we be trying to keep our students quiet? What do we know about how learning occurs? Does this change anything?
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: 5 ways to gauge student engagement... (96)
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. Sunday, April 12, 2015. 5 ways to gauge student engagement. (96). Student engagement. a topic that is commonplace in schools and school districts around the world. The goal being that we want to have highly engaging classrooms where our students are intimately and passionately engaged in whatever task they are working on. Are they cognitively engaged or are they merely compliant and obedient?
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: October 2014
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. Sunday, October 26, 2014. So, how do we actually do redos and retakes? Well, first of all, we need to agree on this:. We also need to believe that each student has a right to a grade that accurately and correctly depicts what a kid knows. What about a request to retest document. You might even like this 'relearn' document: http:/ goo.gl/P3ce3R. Assignments. Any activities selected by the st...
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog: Curriculum & the CCSS
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Union R-XI School District Professional Development Blog. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union R-XI District Webpage. Curriculum and the CCSS. Union School District Curriculum. Introduction to the Common Core Standards. Myths vs. Facts Regarding Common Core Standards. English Language Arts Standards. CAS Evernote page from Mel Riddile's presentation. Link to the Core Standards website (take time to read the appendices). Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium website. Http:/ www.masteryconnect.com/. Remember tha...
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